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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Groove/thrash metal band from Constanța on the Romanian Black Sea coast, active since 2011. Their long-running project blends groove metal with thrash from the major port city.
Groove metal/metalcore band from Novosibirsk, Russia, active since 2010. Their long-running project delivers rhythmically driven modern metal from Siberia's largest city.
Rhesus is a groove/death metal band from Toledo in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, active since 2013. The band channels heavy grooves and death metal from the historic imperial city south of Madrid.
Heavy/groove metal band from Bridlington, England, active since 2011. Their long-running project delivers rhythmically driven heavy and groove metal from the Yorkshire coast.
Southern/groove metal and alternative rock band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2009. Their long-running project delivers American-influenced groove and southern metal from Russia's cultural capital.
Thrash/groove metal band from Piraeus, Greece, active since 2019. Their approach blends thrash velocity with groove metal's rhythmic drive from the Athenian port city.
Formed in 2023 out of Lubbock, Texas, RigJaw brings a no-frills approach to groove metal rooted in the heavy-working, blue-collar energy of West Texas. Their sound leans on down-tuned riffs and punishing midtempo rhythms that hit like the oil fields the region is known for. A young band with momentum, they're one of the newer acts putting Lubbock on the map for heavy music.
Salt Lake City's Riksha has been carving out a distinct space in the American heavy music landscape since 2011, fusing groove metal's rhythmic aggression with the compositional depth of progressive metal. The result is a sound that's simultaneously crushing and cerebral — dense, syncopated riff patterns set against dynamic song structures that reward repeated listening. They're among the more technically ambitious heavy acts to emerge from Utah's active underground.
Riotstarter is a sludge/groove metal band from Balingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2014. The band channels heavy grooves and sludge-drenched riffs from the Swabian Jura region.
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